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  "publishedAt": "2026-04-24T10:00:00.000Z",
  "site": "https://endrtimes.blogspot.com",
  "tags": [
    "Cecelia Smith-Schoenwalder",
    "Robert F. Kennedy Jr.",
    "Changing Vaccine Policy",
    "Replacing the Panel That Recommends Vaccines",
    "A Federal Study of the (Debunked) Link Between Vaccines and Autism",
    "Re-examining the Childhood Vaccine Schedule",
    "Vaccine Official Shakeups",
    "Conflicting Comments on the Measles Outbreak",
    "Cutting Research and Delaying Studies on Vaccines",
    "Plan to Shake Up Vaccine Injury Program",
    "Childhood Vaccine Task Force Revival",
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  "textContent": "\nSince taking the helm of HHS, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has both backed vaccination as a public health tool and taken steps to undermine it.\n\n\nBy Cecelia Smith-Schoenwalder Senior Writer\n\nApril 23, 2026, at 11:51 a.m.\n\n\n\n\n\n\nILLUSTRATION BY USN&WR | SOURCE: GETTY IMAGES\n\nSince his confirmation to lead the Department of Health and Human Services, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has toed the line between backing vaccination as a preventive public health tool and making statements or overseeing developments that threaten to undermine that tool.\n\nHere's a look at notable vaccine-related moves and remarks made by Kennedy or under his authority since he was sworn in as head of HHS in February of 2025.\n\nJump to a section:\n\nChanging Vaccine Policy\nReplacing the Panel That Recommends Vaccines\nA Federal Study of the (Debunked) Link Between Vaccines and Autism\nRe-examining the Childhood Vaccine Schedule\nVaccine Official Shakeups\nConflicting Comments on the Measles Outbreak\nCutting Research and Delaying Studies on Vaccines\nPlan to Shake Up Vaccine Injury Program\nChildhood Vaccine Task Force Revival\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSource\n\n\n",
  "title": "How RFK Jr. Is Influencing America's Vaccine Playbook",
  "updatedAt": "2026-04-24T10:00:00.119Z"
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